double standard

[twoshooter]

The Right Reverend Al finally has one right. The case in Florida where the woman with no criminal background got 20 years for firing a shot into the ceiling after her husband had threatened her. He has 5 other women by whom he has children, multiple domestic violence charges as well as other criminal background, and was under a restraining order. The only crime there was the stupidity displayed when she shot once into the ceiling instead of several times into his center mass.......they cited the mandatory sentence laws for crimes using a firearm. The judge ruled that the stand your ground law did not apply. Al said if there was a case where it should, this sounds like it. Sounds like it to me too. The prosecutor is the same woman as in the Travon martin case.
     They should have made the woman do community service cleaning up the police range until she gets the idea of how it is done. The judge should be seen by a proctologist.

[SwampThing762]

The Florida stand your ground, correctly, does not apply here.   Florida has a 10-20-life law; 10 years if a gun is pulled during a crime, 20 if fired in the commission of a crime, and life if someone is killed.  The man only threatened her, he did not commit the act of domestic battery.    Her first illegal act was brandishing a firearm, a second degree felony in Florida, and then she fired the weapon.  She jumped it from 10 to 20 years when she pulled the trigger.    The prosecutor did her job in accordance with Florida law.

Slim Shady Sharpton is just trying to stir the pot and muddy the waters with his race-baiting.  It is his MO.

ST762

[twoshooter]

I think that is the point. If there was ever a case where it SHOULD be legal this was it. If the law is so written that a person who has a history of violence, under a restraining order, verbally threatens the person whom has the restraining order, and that person has a weapon to defend themselves becomes guilty of " brandishing a weapon", the law sucks, and you need some different attorneys to re-write it. It is impossible to draw and aim a weapon without"brandishing" it, and nothing is determined to be a crime until there is a verdict. OJ's wife and Ron Goldman were sliced to ribbons, but NO CRIME was committed. The jury said "NO". OJ went back to playing golf. Putting this girl in prison, her kids in foster care, and leaving this breeding machine on the street is insane. This means Florida will be paying 80 to 100K a year in prison and foster care expenses, while the problem remains on the street. Even blind hogs find acorns, and this is one. Anyone who thinks this is somehow righteous either cannot read or has some screws seriously over-tightened.

[m-g Willy]

I think she was feared for her life and just grabbed a gun for protection.
Then she had an accidental discharge!
OOPS!!
No harm no foul ,,,eh?

[kynardsj]

Yep, shoulda busted a cap in his center mass and there would have been just one side to tell the story. She stood her ground.